Rame de canoë rare, avant 1914
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Côte nord, Province de Sandaun, lagunes de sissano
Vendu
1 000 €
Provenance
W. Sahr, GermanyFrank Reiter, Berlin, Germany (1989)
Taille
L: 177 cm
L: 69.7 inch
Description
wood, black pigment, collection no. “992”, drilled hole (paddle blade)
Used to paddle outrigger boats for fishing and trading trips.
The area around the Sissano lagoon and the village of Warapu (near Aitape), where this paddle comes from, was severely devastated by a tsunami in 1998.